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Please don't let this this thread die again edition.
Other Taito SHMUPS, like Metal Black, are severely underrated.
Why is /vg/ so fast today?
>>135174953
I will keep posting about this game during lulls in the thread until I am unable.
>>135175547
Always fast when I can't make a quick shitpost.
>>135175961
>I will keep posting about this game during lulls in the thread until I am unable.
Thanks anon, now I can practice in peace!
I'm supposed to start with Gradius, right?
>>135176557
>Thanks anon, now I can practice in peace!
I talk a big game, but I can only last an hour ;_;
>>135176882
If that's what you want. Don't feel confined to one thing. Gradius is great, but so are Raiden, and Darius Gaiden, and Gekirindan, and DoDonPachi.
>>135176882
Sure, you can start where ever you want.
I started with Touhou 11 and now I'm having trouble finding shmups that appeal to me.
>>135177176
There's tons of Touhou fangames that you can choose from if that's what you're looking for. Games like Concealed the Conclusion, Fantastic Danmaku Festival, etc etc.
>>135176882
You can start with whatever you want to. Don't be afraid to try different games before you choose one you want to focus on. The Shmupmame edition in the OP post has a ton of games to choose from.
>>135177176
>I started with Touhou 11 and now I'm having trouble finding shmups that appeal to me.
That's actually quite A Thing with Touhou players. Most just stick to Touhou, or maybe branch out into Seihou and Len'en. A fewlike mego into Cave; have you tried any of their stuff? Deathsmiles, DoDonPachi, DDP DaiOuJou and Ketsui are really good.
You can also go balls-to-the-wall and try out some Raiden. If you're really wanting something to graze in, Raiden Fighters 2 is excellent.
This is correct, right?
>>135178462
Yup!
>>135177857
>>135178305
>tfw should have mentioned that start was 6 years ago
How do you deal with the need to blog about your shitty progress in a shmup if you have noshmupfriends, and no one plays that shmup anyway?
>>135179106
Mecha Ritz is cool and good. Anyone managed to try/uploadSteel Rondo yet?
>>135179180
I just post here. :^)
What game?
>>135179292
Double Spoiler. Sure, I think the current WR holder is also playing it, but that's like, whatever. I post about it here sometimes but, I feel, at the risk of becoming annoying. My computer won't let me record smooth webms.
>>135179180
You can post all your progress here! I don't think anyone would have a problem with you posting progress, I actually think it's quite enjoyable to read about other people's progress because it makes me feel like I'm not the only one running into walls and trying to improve. Unless, of course, you are he-who-must-not-be-named.
>>135179740
No dude, I love reading about your Double Spoilers progress.
>>135179838
>>135179961
I shall try to get better scores, anons.
http://pastebin.com/deNZ6S1q
Trying to learn a precise route through a 7 minute long stage without the ability to use savestates is torture
im seriously thinkin about just stopping playing mof forever since this game is 110% bullshit on hard
>magnetic bullets that will always find a way to my hitbox no matter what
>invisible bullets that you cant see but somehow kill you
>bullshit hitboxes since I get killed by bullets miles away from me
>bullets that will always fuck you up when you are near getting boss killed and getting spellcard bonus
>bullshit level 1 and 2 what you literally cant complete without getting hit or using bomb since they are outright impossible
last week i could at least get to final boss but now this game has become so fucking bullshit for some reason
>>135179180
Playing shmups can be lonely but I fix that by streaming usually. I don't like to blog here because it feels weird to blog to anonymous people. Also I'm shy and don't want to be recognized. In regards to Double Spoiler, good luck anon!
>tfw ls-32 shipped
>>135181835
>They might think that they are paying the greatest among us, the Japanese superplayers, their due by placing them atop this pedestal built off that vague concept known as "talent," when in fact to do such a thing is an insult
Stopped reading right there. To say that it doesn't take natural talent is an insult, since it means that anyone could do this. The person who wrote this is a retard.
>>135181835
>more sys11 copypasta
These guys need to make their new pastas smaller, god damn.
Already have Deathsmiles in the 360, how's the pc port? I may be interested if it includes automatically changing backgrounds like mushi. If it's like 360 version however, I'll leave it for later on.
>>135182272
You think certain people are born predisposed to be good at shmups, and they're almost all Japanese?
>>135182040
Sounds like you're just burned out. Take a few days off, maybe? Just don't do what I do and take off 2 weeks; you'll be fighting to get back anything resembling progress.
>>135182495
Has better slowdown (supposedly), and has the changing backgrounds. Also comes with all the DLC, unlike Mushi with 1.5 being separate if you didn't buy it that first week.
>>135182576
More people in Japan play these games, so of course also more of them are superplayers.
To say that anyone could get a WR is fucking retarded.
>>135183051
The people who get WRs put a fuckload of hours in to get those scores, they don't just shit out records because of natural talent.
>>135183051
The most dedicated players usually end up getting WRs though. Talented or not rarely has something to do with it.
>>135183406
Did I ever say that they wouldn't have to practice?
An artist also has to practice a lot, but this doesn't mean that anyone could become a good artist with practice.
>>135183469
How do you even want to know this? Do you have a list of time spend on games by players or what?
Most people could practice as much as they want. They would never get a WR.
>>135179180
Just tweet about it.
>>135183554
Not everyone but definitely most people would be able to become a good artist.
>>135183781
Nah, just a conclusion from watching superplayers stream and reading superplay interviews. It is only by putting in time, practicing efficiently with a proper mindset that you will ever be able to reach your maximum potential. Anything said before you've reached your highest point is just empty excuses.
>>135183406
>>135183781
You could say that the ability/willingness to put in the time and effort (and practice correctly instead of just wasting time) is a talent.
>>135183781
Drop by matmouse's stream this weekend while the Mushi Futari BL Original WR holder is playing. He usually goes for at least 4 hours and at least half of his runs die before the end of stage 3.
>>135181835
Who is this from? lmao
>>135184364
>Not everyone but definitely most people would be able to become a good artist.
Do you even have any idea what it takes to create really good art? Take a look at the paintings of artists like Louis Royo or whatever, and then tell me again that anyone could do this just with practice.
You wouldn't achieve this level of perfect in a life time. There are things you have to be born for in order to do them. The same also goes for extremely good shmup skills.
>>135184938
Then why aren't there any babies with WR scores?
>>135184938
I never spoke about being the best or one of the greatest of all time. I spoke about becoming a good artist, perfection has nothing do with it. Many people have the ability to become competent at drawing if proper routes are shown to them, after that it's up to them how far they take it. Your soul needs Andrew Loomis.
>>135185353
Are you fucking retarded? Again, just because you need natural talent, doesn't mean you don't need practice too.
>>135185363
Don't act like you could give me any advice about art. I studied art for years.
>I never spoke about being the best or one of the greatest of all time
We were talking about superplayers and having WRs, which is the best of the best. It's the same as with artists. Not anyone can become as good as Louis Royo. This takes more than just practice.
>>135185941
At best all you're saying is that some people need more practice than others.
So what?
The answer is BOTH. You have to have some natural in-born talent, and then you have to hone it.
Post about what you're doing and not this same tired discussion. I'm working on adding >>135178462 and the scoring discussion from the now-dead thread into my Deathsmiles route.
>>135186045
Can you even read? I already said this twice now... There are things you have to be born for.
>>135186270
>Post about what you're doing and not this same tired discussion
Actually now that I got that CRS 2-ALL I have no idea what to play. I've been thinking of going for Hellsinker, but I did promise an anon I would play DDC after CRS.
>>135186281
What part of playing shmups do you have to be born for? If you press the right buttons at the right times you'll play well. Everything else is just figuring out how to do the above, if you have a brain in your head, access to the right resources, a good approach and enough time to invest you can do it.
The idea that someone has the inborn ability to press buttons more correctly than others is ridiculous.
>>135186270
>The answer is BOTH. You have to have some natural in-born talent, and then you have to hone it.
This was just what I said the whole time, but whatever..
>>135186547
>DDC
Good gam. One of my favorite final bosses in the series. Playing for survival, score...?
>>135186998
>What part of playing shmups do you have to be born for?
To be able to be so precise in your execution, reaction times, endurance, etc.
Many shmups have a skill ceiling which can get almost limitless. You make it sound as if being the best at a shmup is simple as fuck.
>>135187234
Playing for survival of course. I suck too much at touhou for anything else, plus I am not particularly interested in achieving big numbers in it.
Speaking of deathsmiles, is there an agreed upon max scoring route for levels?
>>135187880
Ah. Bit of a shame, but I don't blame you. Touhou scoring is generally kinda awful. What difficulty?
>you will never get a shmup WR live in front of a crowd
Why even live?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0B0H2qy5w
>>135188856
Normal. To be honest I dont have the patience right now to deal with Seija and Benben on anything higher.
This was in my first 1CC. I swear I pressed damn power-up button when item counter reached 1000.
>>135187572
Execution and endurance both come with practice.
Reaction times are a non factor because they only differ by a few tens of milliseconds for the most part, and being able to react that fast is never called for in shmups unless you want to be able to play Psikyo second loops without memorizing anything.
>>135190505
Happens to me all the time, usually with bombs though.
>>135190896
Show me your world records and top scores then if you know this all just takes practice.
Just because you can improve yourself through practice, doesn't mean that practice alone is all you need to be one of the bests.
Anyway to rebind controls for Cho Ren Sha, or should I just Joy2Key it? The buttons on my stick work, but not the stick itself for movement. Also, how to I un-fullscreen it?
>>135192771
>Deathsmiles
>no death-bombs
>>135177176
If you really can't enjoy other shmups other than danmaku's, go onto Len'en or Seihou for a fresh experience, but I still urge you to try other shmups. There's loads of them out there and you'll find something that you like.
>>135179180
Eh, people around here give no shits. Post scores/webms/what you're practicing and it's all good. If you have cool stuff or progress to show, that's always good to see.
>>135189329
Well, the next best thing is streaming, so I guess you should stream? I'll probably stream Len'en 4 when it's out honestly.
Keep up the practicing anons!
>>135193968
You're right, practice isn't enough. It takes years of practice.
>>135199569
No world records and topscores it seems, huh? As expected, since you just talk out of your ass, and never even practiced anything more than two weeks at most.
>>135200440
Sorry, I guess I just wasn't born that way.
Hurray, this discussion still.
Whatever happened to that Twin Cobra stream?
>>135200776
Yes, like I said, you never practiced anything for a long time, so you also can't judge if practice is all it takes.
In contrary to you, I actually did practice things for a very long time intensively, and I know that I can never be as good in this as many others.
>>135181835
This might be the funniest, most pathetic thing I have ever read. As much as I love shmups, and as much as I want to improve myself, if I ever meet someone that far gone I hope I manage to laugh until I choke.
>>135181835
>To a shmupper the need to exist in the 3D realm is a mere inconvenience. He is a mortal man, however, and he must exist in the 3D world until that day when dies and ceases to exist in it and, more importantly, can no longer play his precious shmups. Until that day the shmupper strikes a compromise: while reluctantly living in the 3D world he carefully calculates every action to help his success in the shmup world. In short, the shmupper is a man who goes full shmup.
Now this is autism.
>>135202528
You should see his twitter
>>135203857
I will love you forever if you link it right now
>>135203857
What are you waiting for?
What's up with the local scores in Deathsmiles?
I'm just playing normal but the highscore displayed in the top right each time I start is always 1000000 despite me exceeding it in my previous attempt not one minute ago.
>>135203857
>>135203938
Okay love's out the window, but I'll like you a lot as a friend for an extended period of time if you link it soon-ish.
>>135204845gusyphus
>>135204701
They probably fucked up local saving again like they did with mushi
Hopefully third time's the charm
Hey everyone.
I too, miss having Blackbird involved on our shmup titles, unfortunately, his departure was not something in my hands. I will also not pretend to be the shmup expert he was. As for the lack of a stream. I do admit I would have loved to do a stream for Deathsmiles before release, but that was out of our hands for a number of reasons (that I would elaborate on but they are boring office things). We are though, interested in finding someone who could handle something like streams for us on new shmup releases, as I don't have the experience to really do it justice (or the upload speed, I cannot stream from my computer).
But we are very interested in maintaining a good relationship with the shmup community, and definitely are interested in making sure any issues that are being encountered are resolved as quickly as we can.
I'll talk to the producer tomorrow about getting a good bug thread up for the Steam forum. And both he and myself will try to be as active as we can in this thread as possible. We are not interested in dumping and running. We want to bring over more games from CAVE and other shmup devs, and treating you guys to bad, unfixed ports would be a really bad move, both ethically and well, financially for us. (And I do try to be an ethical person, and I also like the company making money because it keeps me employed).
Thanks for your patience. I know Blackbird was great on shmups, and its a transition. My specialty is not on the individual level, so I apologize that I'm not as up to things on shmups as him (I handle all our community and social media, across all games and game engines we release. My game specialty is a bit in another direction). But our producers are more knowledgeable on the subject, so I consult with them, and will make sure any complaints made make it to them.
...
From System11
>>135207071
I hope Cave reconsiders its existance and ports something like ketsui or sdoj.
>>135204701
>>135206269
they didn;t, it displays Today's Scores first, if you hit B it'll cycle to the all time scores, and then it's character specific
>>135205204
I don't see much good here, aside from him being a big enough sperg to break multiple controllers.
Well, maybe grinding out stage 2 milks in Futari for 12 hours but compared to that copypasta that's nothing.
Do it for Cave-san~!
>>135179180
This thread.
>>135179180
>tfw no shmup friends
I know this feel.
>>135211023
I've got to do it for better things than that.
>>135209964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3q76Qxa7jk
>>135211023
I'm doing it for Reco-chan and there's nothing you can do about it.
>>135211706
Oh, it's that guy. His stream has been linked in this general before.
He should really fix his stream setup, all that echo is annoying.
>>135212723
He should also stop playing ab palm and save a bomb at that midboss
Cave and Reco are old news. You should do it for Ikaruga-san!
Bumping with an awesome Len'en run I posted on the previous thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWiXBYH0o9w
I'm all shmupped out
>>135211706
is that gus?
>>135216747
You're gonna make gus sad, anon.
>>135216827
Gus is already sad anon.
>>135182209
Thank you. Luck is absolutely mandatory.
Anyone got a higher quality version of this?
>>135215241
I don't know if my eyes are going or what, but I have a lot of trouble following where the character is in this video.
>>135217394
Some spells make that hard. Tenkai's last spell for instance. Still, it's not really hard if you're playing the actual game, though the stage itself is fucked up.
>>135212723
>>135213145
It's gus, bruh. Make up your mind, he doesn't need to take that shit.
>>135219392
gus is an ichimen bancho
>>135217385
Here
>>135211706
he should really sit up straight
>>135211936
Well at least he's honest.
>>135220028
Not even 4k and dick play could make that shit game look good.
>>135220028
That's awesome.
I found both his playthroughs on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_mNrNX883I Here's 1 player, 2 ships, 1 Hibachi.
>>135211551
then do it for him
>>135221031
CUTE
>>135220319
Who played this and why did they edit his initials out of the vid at the end?
>>135221893
No idea unfortunately.
>>135220319
>>135221893
Yeah, kinda scummy to hide the player's initials, but at least there's something.
>he's still trying to 1cc the game
>he's not playing for score yet
keep on playing your little game of tee-ball while im playing home run derby
>>135222678
thanks
>>135222678
Why are you bragging about playing an old-ass TV show when you could be improving in your video game?
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>>135223131
>>135223131
looks like it was made in mspaint
>>135223131
>Android
Can't
>>135223131
Oh shit son. That looks like a... I dunno.
If it's a kusoge, I'm telling you to fuck right off.
>>135222985
>not spotting the xoxak reference.
You fucking new kids.
Oh wow, I accidentally almost got third place on royalflare on 6-2 as Hatate. With better pictures 2 and 5 I would have ended second. I guess I do not understand how to get first place without seeing his replay, but it's too early for that.Scene's boring and easy anyway.
>>135223131
>>135224226
Ok, I'm pleasantly surprised. It's the worst thing ever. But i'ts somewhat playable and evenFUN?.
What's your dark secret behind thid;
>>135223131
>>135226492
>>135223131
kys
are there hidden extends in deathsmiles?
also >tfw getting to 3-2 on one credit more consistently
>>135232643
The car in b-2 if you're on level 2 and it's the 4th stage you play, the ogre on c-2 if it's the last stage you play and you're on level 3 (I think, this is how I get it) and level a-1 if it's the 5th stage you play and all preceding stages were done on level 3. You also get one from Jitterbug if you beat him without bombing.
These aren't so much extends as refills, though.
>>135233108
thanks!
by refill do you mean it will only fill up a depleted part of my lifebar, rather than giving me another lifebar?
>>135233372
That's exactly what I mean. Otherwise it gives points.
The one Jitterbug gives will restore 2 health bars, so if you think you can do him without getting hit more than twice it's always worth the attempt.
Best final boss name in any video game
>>135236218
>>135236218
strongly disagree
>>135236218
>not 光翼型近接支援残酷戦闘機「エヴァッカニア・ドゥーム」
You've got some pretty low standards.
>>135232643
I believe each mode tells you on their respective title screens what scores are required to earn the extends, but if not then the requirements for Normal/Arcade mode are 20 million points for the first extend, and 45 million points for the second extend. With this you'll have five lifebar pieces, which can then be refilled with the lifeups described by >>135233108 if you've been hit.
>>135238254
>>135217018
lol
In fact, the deadliest bosses of EoSD.
>>135179180
I've read your blog, because I also play Double Spoiler.
mfw those compartmentalised faggots that snake across the screen in Mushi after the midboss of stage 4
>>135237145
This only makes me like him more.
>>135138979
>>135139260
Useful info from the thread that died this morning, and I really don't want that anon's write-up to go to waste.
>>135241000
>Icicle Fall
Every single time.
>>135243270
What about them is giving you issues?
>>135243270
Don't go for the heads, go for the tails.
Hit the segments just behind its head with the side of your shot to make a space to move into and then shoot down to the tail.
>>135222678
But anon, I always play for score.SWY was wrong
So why does touhou get so much hate here? It gets pretty rough on lunatic and its general design has a nice unique feel to it, at least compared to any arcade shmup I've played.
>>135251476
>So why does touhou get so much hate here?
You have been in these threads much, have you.
>>135247759
>stage 1 point collection
>Demarcation
>Cirno's first nonspell
>>135245726
I went through the past couple threads and compiled most of the information I've written about since the Deathsmiles release and a few other tips here and there. It's a little disorganized but hopefully it's usable. I'll add to it if I end up writing about more things.
>>135252154
Woaah awesome, thanks.
>>135252127
>cirnos first nonspell
its genuinely scary desu
>>135252127
>>135253142
you can savespot the first 3 shotguns if you go above here and make sure that the bow on your back is touching the bow in her hair. after that you should be able to kill it off before the next set of shotguns goes off.
Atleast in lunatic it works, idk about lower difficulties (afaik savespots are smaller when bullets are slower)
>>135251476
It's because it's popular. Imagine if you loved reading and all anyone ever wanted to talk about was Harry Potter.
>>135252154
You and the guy that stealth-posts Okuu are my favorite posters in this general. Thanks for compiling that, duder.
>>135251476
For the site as a whole, because it's popular and /jp/ exists. For most shmup threads, because it's popular, /jp/ exists and most Touhou players rarely have anything to discuss outside of Touhou. For this thread, read >>135251743
>>135255015
Jp is shit
>>135184418
Stage 3? Pfft, most of his runs are over already on Stage 1 or Stage 2.
>>135184418
When you are a WR player you also constantly play at full risk to maximize your score, so of course they die very easily.
>>135251476
It's gimmicky garbage that also single handedly turned the entire shmup genre into a weeb pandering, pedo promoting, loserville magnet. Now it's all stupid little girl avatars on forums and socially inept weaklings with silly touhou waifus and it has scared alot of the desirable crowd far away from the genre only to leave us with the shit.
>>135257625
And futair bl original is the definition of risk at high level play, i love how aggressively he plays.
>>135257742
Not to mention that they also constantly restart when they didn't even die, but just because they couldn't reach the score they want. Doesn't mean that anyone could do this though.
>>135257665
they're just games, without any weeb pandering/pedo promotion.
if you or others like you are supposed to be the desirable crowd, well that's just sad
>>135258226
Seeing a superplay fuck up the early game over and over puts things in perspective. They get to where they are though sheer determination.
>>135258402
>they're just games, without any weeb pandering/pedo promotion.
They're just games anyway you fucking idiot and wtf are even trying to say? without touhous shit games couldn't have appealing characters, fan fictions and the like?
>>135258402
well that's just sad
No i'l think you will find it's the fully grown man with the little girl avatar dreaming up a waifu relationship whilst he plays a second rate gimmick shooter who is sad but good effort deflecting from yourself. A good crowd would just be people who just like to play and improve who may be any kind of person and not the a-typical bottom of the barrel stereotypical loser who has to define his shitty existence via conforming to weebism.
>>135257665
>one man changed the whole genre in his own image
Is it because of beer?
>>135258829
Futari is also a game which basically was build for even superplayers to fuck up. Most people could never reach a WR score in this game, no matter how much they practice, since most people are dumb and clumsy as shit.
>>135259427
>Is it because of beer?
Zun is literally an alcoholic pedo loner, the poster child of his own creation and to no surprise the majority of touhou followers fall into exactly the same categories. I actually think he did the whole thing just to find other like minded oxygen thieves to help him feel less alone in his drunken stupor as he dick dribbles on his fuck pillow.
>>135259589
You need to chill out anon. Maybe make your own shmup if you're so great.
>>135259471
It's difficult to say what most people's potential is. The number of people who play shmups is not most people, and the number of people who have the inclination to try for a record is even smaller. There could be millions of potential superplayers out there who don't even know it.
>>135259419
mad
>>135259589
Is it because of hats?
>>135259675
>Maybe make your own shmup if you're so great.
What does that even have to do with anything? lmao
>>135259836
>mad
Nope bringing the truth to you shitlords brings me great satisfaction also great rebuttal but then i guess it's hard to counter facts.
>>135259892
>Is it because of hats?
Only if his wretched mother used one to cover his shame face as she performed a fierce "you will study harder" blowjob.
>>135260082
yeah, crying and whining about nonsense like a grown baby sure shows them!
>>135260235
>Facts,views and opinions = crying and whining
Liberal detected.
I understand that replies are necessary to keep the thread alive during its more inactive hours, but does it have to be such fierce shitposting? I mean you could all be discussing games and scores and whatever else instead of just yelling back and forth at each other like that.
>>135259727
>It's difficult to say what most people's potential is.
No, it isn't since the avergae IQ out there is something about 90. I doubt very that you could reach a WR with this, since you most likely lack the learning abilities required for it.
>>135260368
We are having an intellectual discussion in regards to the shmup societal effects of touhou waifuism on the psyche of players and how it manifests in the individuals persona as heavily feminized estrogen pumping behavioral attributes. So i think you'll find it is you who is shitposting fine sir..
>>135260908
no matter how you word it, anyone that understands the content will still consider it shitposting
>>135260908
Oh well, I tried. Time for bed. Bump.
Hybrid shmups are the best!
>>135236218
Reddit: The Boss Name
Reco-chan isslow
So like, which game has the best soundtrack of them all?
I'd like to present Danmaku Unlimited 2 here. Storm Strikers also had a very, very good soundtrack, but it got repetitive quite fast what's.
>>135266178
Eschatos, no question
>>135266178
DOJ
>>135266178
Answer will always be Hellsinker.
>>135266325
I submit my evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YxrB_1vhg8
>>135266178
Ikaruga, not even a question
>>135268954
Cannon was the only way I managed to beat that game.
Just used it to destroy the battleships and snipe the blimp once it appeared, anything else just took too damn long.
So what's wrong with liking cute anime girls? I mean I pay my bills, I have a STEM degree, speak 3 languages but I hate women. I'm not adult or mature or smart enough just because of that?
>>135266178
eXceed 2nd - Vampire REX
>>135266178
either eschatos or garegga
>>135270102
Even better than eXceed 3rd?
>>135269687
Liking anime girls is inherently shameful. I don't have a problem with anyone doing it, and I do so myself, as long as they do it in private and don't shove it in everyone else's face constantly. Doing so shows a lack of awareness or refusal to adhere to basic social standards.
>>135270235
Yeah, at least for me.
>>135270325
>social standards
Nigga do you even know where you are?
>>135269687
I bet you're a highly feminized libtard aswell aren't you?
>>135271397
/shmupg/
>>135242853
Nice! Let's succeed together.
It's fun to play for middle-high scoring without the crazy optimisation required for a WR, but it's also fun to play just for survival if you're finding it challenging (I know I did, took me 45 hours of playtime just to clear this game on both characters...). I look at the scoreboards at royalflare to give myself an idea of what might be a good score, and then try to work out strats that make it possible.
After a few hours spent grinding yesterday my consistency has started to improve.
It's a good feeling.
>>135269687
Well the fact you hate women but like cute anime girls shows you have development issues which lead you to favor a fantasy you have 100% control over instead of actual grown adult women whom you hate because of the lack of control it brings you.
>>135271585
I'm more like a right wing /pol/lak.
>>135271616
It's funny because even if you consider shmupg alone we're talking about a genre that only autists enjoy.
>>135272945
No I hate women because they live their lives on automatic easymodo due to pussypass.
>>135274628
No, I'm talking extremely basic etiquette. The same kind that allows you to know not to shit in the middle of the street.
I wish I was a cute little girl ;;
>>135275007
Me too, you might have more trouble with the captchas.
T b h my plans for life are pretty much keep playing shooting games and then commit suicide at some point once I no longer can play shooting games.
>>135275229
gus pls strm
Autism is practically a requirement to be able to play shmups. Have you ever seen a good player who was not an autistic fuck?
>>135275229
you can always play shooting games
>>135275292
tfw bad and an autistic fuck
>>135275292
Pretty sure Clover-TAC is married so either he found someone just as autistic or he's an ok guy.
I tried DDP SaiDaiOjou on Shmupmame and this is pretty damn fun. Managed to perfect stage 1-2, but choked on the 3rd stage and I'm still not entirely sure how to hyper and not bomb. If it's obvious, then I'm a retard.
>>135275613
There is no sdoj for mame, senpai.
>>135275613
It's probably 4th button just like DFK.
>>135276283
I miswrote, it's just DaiOjou, SDOJ never ever.
>>135276290
Alright, I'll give it a shot.
>>135276421
Nope, there is no 4th button to hyper, you just activate hyper mode if you have hypers on stock by pressing B button, so you activate it with the same button you use to bomb.
>>135276421
if it's daioujou the bomb button will always activate the hyper if it's available. It's impossible to bomb while having a hyper ready.
>>135275292
The guys at matmouse don't seem autistic when they do their streams sharing a beer and talking about things I'll never understand because I don't speak japanese.
>>135276602
>>135276701
After trying again, I realized you two are right.
Well, there's nothing else left but to practice this. Thank you anons.
>>135276885
You're welcome, good luck with that clear!
>>135277043
Gonna practice all day today.
Stage 3 really is my bane. I mostly clear stage 2 with no resources wasted, but the streaming sections on stage 3 are really weird, but possible.
what game has the best shot sound
>>135280340
Depends on what defines "best."
Touhou and Len'en's sound is good because it's really low and somewhat soothing. In terms of awesomeness, I'd say Crimzon Clover's, specially when using the hyper thing.
>>135280340
mushi W power
>>135272896
One time I trained a boss so much my consistency worsened.
It's a weird, shameful and bad feeling.
>>135281674
Don't worry, anon, that's just fatigue.
>>135282318
I sure hope so. Not like it matters cause I already beat the game.
Still never train while frustrated /shmupg/, it'll only fuck you up.
HALP
Why does shmupmame give me this shit:
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Allocation error - Exiting
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Cannot allocate large icon image list
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It worked just fine in this Windows session and I just browsed 4chan in the meantime. The only time I fucked with icons is when I had to post a pic and I changed the view in the file choice thingy to see the pics in folder.
I have since changed it back and changed icons to not be large icons all over the fucking place, but it won't start.
What the fuck?
I only found this, but it's not very helpful to me (you can search for the error message in the code):
https://github.com/swarzesherz/mame-test/blob/master/src/osd/winui/winui.c
>>135266178
Garegga, DFKBL's arrange, or SDOJ.I really like Namiki's work.
>>135285391
I actually liked theios port DFKsoundtrack
>>135213546
I'm doing only for the Clover and the Star Fox Team.
>>135276737
This is precisely what i mean when i attack the touhou tards, all the actual best players in the world are just normal guys doing something they enjoy and none of them are distinguishable by shallow attention seeking behaviours like calling themselves weebs or nerds and having waifus and shit.
>>135275292
Nah it's just the west has to label everything remotely related to actual effort and dedication as "omg autism!" to make themselves feel better about being lazy adhd fucks who have zero concept of hard work for attaining goals.
>>135284521
>I only found this, but it's not very helpful to me (you can search for the error message in the code):
mfw
H-haha, this is not even a score. It's bloody nothing. I would have to spend 10 hours straight trying to understand lens manipulation and timings. I'm not even sure which.
>>135292519
>0:15
Do the bullets spawn in a circle away from Minoriko or are you actually slipping through the gaps?
>>135291664
'current window' it's referring to is nowhere to be found
checked shmupmame files for config info on icons, there is none
you will earn the right to feel superior when you show us how it can be done
>>135293041
Copy the roms folder and reinstall it?
>>135292848
They spawn away from her. Webm is of my first successful ascent. I did it again after a few tries and tried to shoot differently but only got a slightly lower score albeit one of the photos scored 70k.
The first two pictures can definitely be done better as I've scored 19k with the first once and something like 40k with the second also once. Ah well, I should go do other scenes. 80mil total probably never with this approach but 70, who knows desu.
>>135293219
nah
>>135295884
I caught a bird!
>>135292519
The lens will be closest to you if you are unfocusing before taking the picture. You can then aim towards yourself as well, for pictures 2-5.
Lens is furthest away from you when focusing, and charging is in between unfocus/focus.
In fact, focusing as Hatate is often dangerous and can lead to a loss of the two shot bonus. However, it is worth knowing that as long as you are moving towards a boss while focusing and take the picture right as you stop, you should get a two shot bonus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5DWji_X0c Bumping with never ever.
Also, my progress on DDP has been good, but not as good as I'd want it to be. I still lose a life or two on stage 3 or it's boss. It's a huge step in difficulty, but I'll get there.
>>135299073
What type are you playing?
C-S is the easiest to clear with, apparently.
>>135299435
I usually use Red with Laser only. I seem to play really well with it and the bomb number is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oPLlOFANtk
Are there some good superplay-with-commentary youtube channels for English speaking auditory?
>>135300514
Only one I know of is STGWeekly, though the runs range from superplays to prettygoodplays
>>135300391
If you're going for survival that's probably the worst choice of the six, but whatever works for you
>>135300997
I know it is. I usually play forward-focus types better than spread-shots so I had to. I might try the other ones I guess.
>>135300997
>If you're going for survival that's probably the worst choice of the six
Personally, A-S or B-S would be the worst choices, with C-L being pretty bad as well. A-L and B-L aren't the easiest for survival, but I play B-L and before we started doing "[game] Week" my progress was going quite well.
>>135299073
>>135300997
Stage 4 and after is where C-S really starts to shine, it's much easier to take the enemy spam in the later stages with the powerful spread.
>>135280340
Donpachi's green laser
>>135301750
I got there and you may be right...
Not sure what to do honestly. I'll try the spread one.
>>135297789
Thank you, I was able to get better results. This is now just barely a score... which is enough for me, for now. I will enjoy giving it a good old grind once I have fewer gaping holes in my score improvement plan.
>>135301835
It's such a soothing sound.
